Royal Criminal

By Albert Oon

Escribar was a mercenary who attempted to kill Pope Ahaziah. He failed and was then visited by the Pope in prison who changed and related to him because of Ahaziah's treacherous past and is now the Pope's protector and close friend. During a visit to a city in Serpentis, there's another assassination attempt on the Pope's life by beastmen, which is mysteriously aided by high elf magic.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Albert Oon
• Release date: Apr 17, 2024
• ISBN: 9798224479290

Albert Oon

A Catholic, self-published writer who writes for fun and to help others out. I write in the genres of horror, fantasy, romance, and sci-fi. I hope to be a successful writer who will also write for movies, video games, and more since I've been told that's the crowds my books appeal to.

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Royal Criminal

Copyright 2024 Albert Oon

Published by Albert Oon at Smashwords

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Chapter 1 – Two Redeemed Traitors

It was a job arranged by Divine Providence. The job to kill the Pope. The person who gave me the job was mysterious, but he paid well upfront and I didn’t care for his reason for giving me the job, why he chose me, nor his identity so I took it. I snuck my way past security by blending into the crowd, had my shot, and took it by stabbing him in the gut, but it wasn’t enough even though I thought it was. After being taken down by the guards, and locked up in a cell for life, my crimes past and present were painfully tattooed onto my face and neck, and a band of thorny branches was placed on my head. It was after this that I was told that the Pope had survived my assassination attempt, which meant that the promised help I would get to get out of prison wouldn’t come, so I sulked in anger for a while without being able to exit the room and only being given the barest of slop to eat.

Time and my life were meaningless at that time and I didn’t know how much time passed until the Pope, the man I tried to kill entered into my cell. I was so surprised at this that I didn’t even think to try to kill him despite him being alone in the room. He didn’t ask why I tried to kill him nor